Finished reading the new anthology already and interested in more stories? Now's your chance.From now until June 3, you can pick up the ARC (Advanced Reading Copy) of a new anthology I've edited of some fellow WotF folks (including yours truly) for free from instafreebie.com .

Click the link and it will ask you for your name and e-mail. Then it will send you a file of your choosing. epub, mobi, etc.

The antho goes live on Amazon tomorrow, so if you want to support the writers that way, that's awesome. If you want a free copy to review, that's awesome. If you just want free stories, that's awesome, too!

Several of the stories were finalists, so I'll be posting an update in the "where to find finalists" thread tomorrow.

One note about the ARC. Sometimes the cover doesn't display properly in Kindle. It does in epub, and on Kindle for PC. Just some mobile Kindles...

Otherwise, enjoy!

Looks intriguing Good cover. Too busy to read it now to review it though.

guthington wrote:Hello. My username is Guthington. My pen name was going to be Jamie Lee Guthington, but I've settled on L. A. Patrick instead. I don't post much here. Mainly because I'm too much of a newb to know what's what. I did attend one of Orson Scott Card's bootcamps several summers ago and learned tons. Anyway, I published my first book (with a small indie press so no control over book price) last October and am a long way to selling enough books to "pro-out" of the contest. I've lurked on this forum a bit and am amazed by your chatter. My Amazon author page link is: http://www.amazon.com/L.-A.-Patrick/e/B016PEL69S. Feel free to find me on twitter: lapatrickwriter

Hello, intriguing book. And its in paper which is good since I don't do Kindle.

guthington wrote:Hello. My username is Guthington. My pen name was going to be Jamie Lee Guthington, but I've settled on L. A. Patrick instead. I don't post much here. Mainly because I'm too much of a newb to know what's what. I did attend one of Orson Scott Card's bootcamps several summers ago and learned tons. Anyway, I published my first book (with a small indie press so no control over book price) last October and am a long way to selling enough books to "pro-out" of the contest. I've lurked on this forum a bit and am amazed by your chatter. My Amazon author page link is: http://www.amazon.com/L.-A.-Patrick/e/B016PEL69S. Feel free to find me on twitter: lapatrickwriter

Hello, intriguing book. And its in paper which is good since I don't do Kindle.

Are on goodreads.com?"

The answer is yes, but I don't have a large understanding of goodreads. There are about 3 (5 star) ratings and one (4 star) rating with a review from the Wishing Shelf awards for my book.

Thanks for your interest! And super thanks if you decide to purchase and read my book!! Good luck on your end with your works in progress.

The July sale at Smashwords has started! I just posted my short story "Retirement" (which originally appeared last year in Outposts of Beyond), so I went ahead and put it in the sale for free with the coupon code SFREE.

Amazing I know have five "sells" on smashwords. One of my story sets is free for July. I didn't do anything to advertise it special. Another set has been free for over a year and nothing. I have done this before and nothing then either but now people are noticing it on smashwords announcement and getting it.

LDWriter2 wrote:Amazing I know have five "sells" on smashwords. One of my story sets is free for July. I didn't do anything to advertise it special. Another set has been free for over a year and nothing. I have done this before and nothing then either but now people are noticing it on smashwords announcement and getting it.

Ok, I took a big leap last week. After my Novelette exhausted all markets I could find for it, and noticing that Novelettes are sold by themselves as eBooks, I went ahead and self-published it. It has grown about 3000 words since it's earlier incarnation and grown a subtitle, as I've decided I'll do a series of shorts based around Naidin.

Naidin's Song: Blood Bound is available on Kindle and at Smashwords. It is still pending inclusion into Smashwords Premium Catalog.

J'nae Rae wrote:Ok, I took a big leap last week. After my Novelette exhausted all markets I could find for it, and noticing that Novelettes are sold by themselves as eBooks, I went ahead and self-published it. It has grown about 3000 words since it's earlier incarnation and grown a subtitle, as I've decided I'll do a series of shorts based around Naidin.

Naidin's Song: Blood Bound is available on Kindle and at Smashwords. It is still pending inclusion into Smashwords Premium Catalog.

Anyone have any marketing tips? I've checked for reviewers at The Indie View and sent requests. I also did boosted my Facebook Author page and the announcements, tweeted, and joined BookDaily to see if anything happens.

Anyone have any marketing tips? I've checked for reviewers at The Indie View and sent requests. I also did boosted my Facebook Author page and the announcements, tweeted, and joined BookDaily to see if anything happens.

There are exactly one hundred halls of magic to choose from. Ever since our parents were killed I knew exactly which hall was for me.

Aurelia "Aurie" Silverthorne is one of the best and brightest to ever apply to the Hundred Halls, the only magical university in the world. To be accepted, she must pass grueling trials that claim the lives of aspirants every year.

But more than her desire to practice magic is at stake.

Aurie's little sister has been courting powerful forces in hopes of protecting herself from the beings that killed their parents, but alliances come with complications. As things spiral out of control, and dangerous foes arise at every turn, Aurie knows the only way to protect her sister is to pass the trials—even if it means making a terrible sacrifice.

It's priced at $0.99 currently. If you liked The Magicians or Harry Potter then you'll like Trials of Magic. You can find it at:

ThomasKCarpenter wrote:Release day! I'm excited to announce the release of Trials of Magic!

There are exactly one hundred halls of magic to choose from. Ever since our parents were killed I knew exactly which hall was for me.

Aurelia "Aurie" Silverthorne is one of the best and brightest to ever apply to the Hundred Halls, the only magical university in the world. To be accepted, she must pass grueling trials that claim the lives of aspirants every year.

But more than her desire to practice magic is at stake.

Aurie's little sister has been courting powerful forces in hopes of protecting herself from the beings that killed their parents, but alliances come with complications. As things spiral out of control, and dangerous foes arise at every turn, Aurie knows the only way to protect her sister is to pass the trials—even if it means making a terrible sacrifice.

It's priced at $0.99 currently. If you liked The Magicians or Harry Potter then you'll like Trials of Magic. You can find it at:

ThomasKCarpenter wrote:Release day! I'm excited to announce the release of Trials of Magic!

There are exactly one hundred halls of magic to choose from. Ever since our parents were killed I knew exactly which hall was for me.

Aurelia "Aurie" Silverthorne is one of the best and brightest to ever apply to the Hundred Halls, the only magical university in the world. To be accepted, she must pass grueling trials that claim the lives of aspirants every year.

But more than her desire to practice magic is at stake.

Aurie's little sister has been courting powerful forces in hopes of protecting herself from the beings that killed their parents, but alliances come with complications. As things spiral out of control, and dangerous foes arise at every turn, Aurie knows the only way to protect her sister is to pass the trials—even if it means making a terrible sacrifice.

Congrats!!!

It's priced at $0.99 currently. If you liked The Magicians or Harry Potter then you'll like Trials of Magic. You can find it at:

Today is the offical release day of Web of Lies, the second book in The Hundred Halls. :)

Whoever controls the Hundred Halls, controls the world.

Aurelia “Aurie” Silverthorne has high hopes for her second year in the Hundred Halls, the world’s only magical university, but her expectations are destroyed when she accidentally unleashes a plague of faez-eating thralls and spends week after week getting killed in the Grand Contest.

But none of this matters when Aurie learns that the Cabal searches for a powerful magic that will help them get control of the Hundred Halls. If Aurie can’t stop them, then passing her classes will be the least of her worries.

It's Read an Ebook Week at Smashwords! I just published my story "Changing Keys," which made its original appearance in Outposts of Beyond, on Smashwords and enrolled in the sale. Use the coupon code SFREE to get it for free through March 11th!

You can also get my story collection Sorcery & Spaceships for half price ($1.50) with the coupon code RAE50 during the sale!

Beth Powers wrote:It's Read an Ebook Week at Smashwords! I just published my story "Changing Keys," which made its original appearance in Outposts of Beyond, on Smashwords and enrolled in the sale. Use the coupon code SFREE to get it for free through March 11th!

You can also get my story collection Sorcery & Spaceships for half price ($1.50) with the coupon code RAE50 during the sale!